Sunday No Rest Day In Nation's Capital
Washington AP report on the 1962 Mississippi integration crisis shows President Kennedy directing federal action from the White House. He canceled Newport trip, moved National Guard to federal service, and prepared a nationwide address as the Oxford crisis deepened with Berlin, Havana, and Congo discussions ongoing.
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Washington
White House
Army
Pentagon
Mississippi
All
White State University
Newport, R.I
Ross Barnett
James H. Meredith
Kennedy
Mississippi National Guard
Federal Service
Seneeeenieeael
St. Stephen's Church
Theodore C. Sorensen
South Lawn
Washington Monument
White House Grounds
University of Mississipi
Robert F. Kennedy
Oxford
Berlin
Havana
Congo
Lord Home
Dean Rusk
Justice Department
Robert Kennedy
Riots Erupt at Ole Miss Over Meredith Enrollment
AP reports savage campus rioting at the University of Mississippi in Oxford as James H. Meredith, a Black applicant, is present to register. Marshals in gas masks guard the Lyceum amid tear gas and unrest, marking a night of exposed hatreds on campus.
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Oxford, Miss
Ole Miss
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Lyceum
Meredith
Miss
Ole ‘Miss
Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss Amid Campus Riots
James H Meredith, a 29 year old Negro, enrolled at Mississippi’s Ole Miss, triggering nightlong riots in which two people died and about 20 were wounded. Federal troops secured the campus after hours of gunfire, tear gas, and vandalism, with 30 rioters arrested.
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U.S
Lyceum
Justice Department
James H. Meredith
Ole Miss J
Paul Guihhard
London Daily Sketch
Agence France Presse
Mid East May Get New Rockets
London officials revealed Britain may sell guided missiles in the Middle East after the United States agreed to supply Israel with Hawk air defense rockets. The move ends a Western embargo and follows a friction with U S arms policy and regional consultative norms.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
Middle East
Israel
U.S
West Germany
Weather shifts to rain with gradual warmup ahead
Scattered showers shift to occasional rain in the Miami Valley tonight and tomorrow. Tuesday highs near 71 with cooler breezes midweek and a slow warming trend toward next weekend. Yesterday's official high reached 73 at 4 30 p.m. and the overnight low was 42 at 6 a.m. today.
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Miami Valley
Chuckle Happiness Goes Unpriced In Everyday Joy
A light note observes that happiness often comes free in daily moments, from shared smiles to simple acts of kindness, which people overlook amid busy routines and material wants.
Babysitter Confesses In Pottinger Disappearance Case
Dayton police on Sunday learned that 17 year old Sheryl Van derWiel had spent most of the disappearance period with former Dayton commissioner David F Pottinger. Pottinger disappeared Aug 1 and was found Sept 17 near Knoxville in a beaten state. The two traveled up the East Coast by boat and car before returning to Ohio. The girl said the case was planned and later joined relatives in Alexandria. Pottinger remains in Miami Valley Hospital psychiatric ward as detectives prepare to interview him.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
David F. Pottinger
Pottinger
Sheryl VanderWiel
Kettering
Knoxville
Tenn
Vice
Sherryl
Richard Grundish
Port Clinton
Dayton Cale
Sheryl
Springfield
Middlestown
Oxford
Falmouth
Mass
Cleveland
Akron
Youngstown
Shery
Washington
Alexandria
Miami Valley Hospital
Storms Daisy and Dinah Threaten Schirra's Six Orbit Flight
Cape Canaveral AP Two tropical storms Daisy in the Atlantic and typhoon Dinah in the Pacific posed potential threats to Walter M. Schirra Jr.’s six orbit space flight planned for Wednesday. Daisy could affect seas near Grand Turk Island where he would land if a three orbit abort occurs. Dinah could impact recovery zones for the fourth to sixth orbits east and northeast of Midway Island. Weather watches were ongoing as Schirra monitored developments from Hangary CAPE CANAVERAL.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Daisy
Atlantic
Dinah
Pacific
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Japan
Midway Island
Schirra
Hangary
Nlight
Taft-Hartley Invoked As Longshore Strike Spreads
Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports halt work as longshoremen walk out after contract expiration. Kennedy invokes Taft-Hartley to end stoppage and forms a board of inquiry due by Thursday to assess the dispute. ILA leadership declares no contract, no work across 75,000 members.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Kennedy
New England
Texas
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft-Hartley
AFL-CIO _Inernational
Students clash as shots allege deadly campus unrest
Protests deteriorated into violence during a football weekend with heckling that escalated to throwing rocks bricks and bottles. Shots were fired with some from presumed snipers. Two men died as students blamed outside troublemakers for the fatalities.
Earthquakes Felt in Umbrian Towns North of Rome
Spoleto and nearby towns including Terni and Rieti experienced medium intensity earthquakes Sunday night. Two shocks struck in quick succession, each lasting about three seconds, with no damage reported.
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Spolfto
Italy
Rome
Spoleto
Terni
Rieti
Soviets Absent From Peiping Anniversary Parade
AP report notes the Soviet Union snubbed the Red China anniversary celebration in Peiping as 500000 marchers filled the Square of Heavenly Peace. Mao watched from the reviewing stand with few foreign officials present while Chen Yi and Chou En-lai warned of internal difficulties and continued U.S. imperialist pressure. Khrushchev sent a telegram but supported leaders skipped Moscow rally.
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TOKFO
Soviet Union
China
Red China
Leonid Brezhnev
Yugoslavia
Chou En-lai
Tito
Khrushchev
United States
Chou
Chen Yi
Peiping
Red Square
U.S
Moscow
Chou Enlai
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Paul Gutmard
Siain
Mid East
Ovford
Grundish
Orbit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Roderick
People’s Daily
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